近代学者丁福保的医家传记——《历代名医列传》探微

Lives of Ancient Famous Doctors: An Examination of Modern Chinese Scholar Ding Fubao’s Medical Biography

《历代名医列传》是近代知名学者丁福保在1909年编撰出版的小型医家传记,采用纪传体形式,载录我国历代名医30位,附收西洋医学家4位。与清代其他医学传记相比,《历代名医列传》精致短小,特色鲜明。它据史氏断限之例,始于扁鹊、仓公,上古巫医概不纳入;所有入选的传主,均依据确凿,史料明晰。在传送新知的同时,坚决守护着传统文化;附录收载英国哈斐与占那、美国嘉约翰、德国古弗的传记,成为我国近代系统引介外国医学家的嚆矢。

Ding Fubao is a famous modern scholar and his Lives of Ancient Famous Doctors is a brief biography published in 1909. It recorded thirty Chinese ancient famous doctors and four western medical scientists in the biographical form. Compared with other medical biographies in the Qing Dynasty, Lives of Ancient Famous Doctors is exquisite, short with distinctive features. It is based on historical facts, starting from Bian Que(扁鹊)and Cang Gong(仓公)but excluding ancient witch doctors. All the selected biographical subjectshave hardevidences and authentic historical materials. While conveying the new knowledge, Ding Fubao was firmly guarding the Chinese traditional culture. The biographies of William Harvey, Edwaed Jenner, John Glasgow Kerr and Robert Koch in the appendix started the systematical introduction to foreign physicians in modern China.